Fireplace-grate



(No Model.)

' W. E. FITCH.

FIREPLAGE GRATB.

N0.5o1,oe1. PatentedJuly'u', 189s.

Znvenor UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM E. FITCH, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

FIREPLACE-GRATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 501,061, dated July 11, 1893. Application tiled February 24, 1892. Renewed J une 5, 1893. Serial No. 476,680. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. FITCH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Fireplace-Grates, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to that class of grates for fire places which contain rocking gratebars, and the object of the invention is to insure the retention of the grate-bars in their frame and in place in the back or lining.

The invention consists of a lianged seat in the back for the tile, below which the grate is arranged; and it also consists of a grate having its bars set in bearings in the under side of a frame and secured therein removably by hanger-bars bolted to the frame, so as to present a smooth and level top to` be fitted beneath the langed seat in the back, all substantially as I will proceed now more -particularly to set forth and finally claim.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating my invention, in the two iigures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure l is a sectional elevation of a fire-place grate with my invention in position, and Fig. 2 is a perspective viewof the grate.

The back or lining as shown in Fig. l has the rear wall a, side walls h, and sectional top c, preferably as in my inventions in application, Serial No. 422,670, entitled Backs or linings for replaces, or application, Serial No. 422,671, entitled Backs or linings for tireplaces of even date herewith. The hollow molding or fillet d for the tile e is as in said inventions, but instead of the tile resting upon the grate as in the first-named case and in my Patent No. 470,855, dated March l5, 1892, I provide a anged seat f for it on the rear and side walls, and the grate is arranged beneath this seat and is held down or restrained from rising by it rather than by the tile. The front or basket g is also independent of the grate, and thus the grate, tile and basket are not dependent one upon another and not subject to displacement one by the other. The flange of seat f limits the inward movement of the tile and secures it to its seat. A strap of metal f secures the tile from the back as in my application last mentioned.

The grate is composed of a frame h having on its under side seats or half-boxes 'L' for the journalsj of the grate-bars k, and these gratebars have depending arms Z connected by a bar m so as to move together, but other connections for this purpose may be used. One of the grate-bars is supplied with a socket 'n or other device to receive a shaker. The gratebars are held up to the frame by hangerbars o having seats or half-boxes for the journals of the grate bars, and bolted or otherwise fastened to the frame. By arranging the grate-bars in bearings which are wholly below the top surface, I obtain a smooth and level top surface for the frame, and thereby am enabled to tit the frame beneath the flanged seat of the back without contact of the grate or its 'bars with the tile. The grate thus constituted is supported in the back or lining upon lugs p or other devices on the side walls, and may be inserted and removed at pleasure by a sliding movement.

It will be observed that the grate is below the seat and hence it is held down, or, more accurately, is restrained from rising in operation. By this construction of grate, the bars may be renewed readily whenever necessary, but an especial advantage of it is that the grate may be put in position readily, and

is removed from contact with the tile and the basket, and hence in rocking the grate-bars and in other movements of the grate, the tile and basket are not acted upon nor injuriously infiuenced by the grate.

l.` A nre-place grate having grate-bars secured in a frame, yand a back havinga flanged seat separating the grate from the tile, supporting the tile, and restraining the upward movement of the grate, substantially as described.

2. A grate composed of a frame having a smooth or level upper face and having on its lower face seats or half-boxes adapted to re ceive the journals of the grate bars, and hanger-bars also having seats or half-boxes lto receive the journals of the grate-bars and fastened to the lower face of the frame, combined with the back having a fianged seat for the tile, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of February, A. D. p

WILLIAM E. FITCH. Witnesses:

E, C. NEWBOLD, W. T. HALE.

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